NASA Space Shuttle Columbia STS-3 Launch at Kennedy Space Center March 22, 1982

Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War. Date: May 4, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Constitution Act, 1982:…

Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords. Date: April 25, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Widerøe Flight 933 Crashes in Barents Sea, 15 Killed, March 11, 1982Liberation…

The Intel 80286 is released, which introduced protected mode memory. The IBM PC/AT and its clones used this CPU. Date: February 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982NASA Space Shuttle Columbia STS-3 Launch…

Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War. Date: May 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Rollie Fingers First Pitcher to Record 300 Saves, April…

Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested. Date: April 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Roberto Calvi Body Found at Blackfriars Bridge, June 18, 1982Falklands War: Argentina Invades Falkland Islands April 2,…

Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". Date: January 30, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Fahd Becomes…